Question: Stem-Gerlach Experiment in a Stern-Gerlach experiment, the deflecting force on the atom is Fz = -z (dBz/dz), where z is given by Eq. (41.22) and

Stem-Gerlach Experiment in a Stern-Gerlach experiment, the deflecting force on the atom is Fz = -µz (dBz/dz), where µz is given by Eq. (41.22) and dBz/dz is the magnetic-field gradient. In a particular experiment the magnetic-field region is 50.0cm long; assume the magnetic-field gradient is constant in this region. A beam of silver atoms enters the magnetic field with a speed of 525m/s. What value of dBz/dz is required to give a separation of 1.0 mm between the two spin components as they exit the field?

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